Dean Edwards (footballer)

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Personal information
Dean Edwards
Full name	Dean Stephen Edwards
Date of birth	February 25, 1962 (age 45)
Place of birth	Wolverhampton, England
Nickname	Deano
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Willenhall Town
Number	Assistant manager
Youth clubs
-1980	Shrewsbury Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1982 -1985 1985-1987 1987-1988 1988-1991 1991-1992 1992	Shrewsbury Town Palloseura Telford United Wolverhampton Wanderers Exeter City Torquay United Exeter City Northampton Town	013 0(1) 031 0(9) 054 (17) 116 (26) 004 0(0) 007 0(0)
Teams managed
1996-1998 2004	Bideford Pelsall Villa
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Dean Stephen Edwards (born February 25, 1962) is an English former professional football forward. He is currently assistant manager of Willenhall Town.

Edwards was born in Wolverhampton and began his career as an apprentice with Shrewsbury Town, turning professional in February 1980. He played only 13 times, scoring once for the Shrews before joining Finnish side Palloseura. He subsequently moved to Telford United from where he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1985, playing for Wolves as they fell into Division Four for the first time in their history.

He left Molineux in March 1987, having scored 9 times in 31 games, joining Exeter City. He became a regular both on the teamsheet and the scoresheet at Exeter, hitting the net 17 times in 54 league games before moving to Torquay United in August 1988.

He became an integral part of Cyril Knowles' side, scoring Torquay's goal at Wembley in the Sherpa Van Trophy Final defeat against Bolton Wanderers, and scored again at Wembley two years later as Torquay won promotion via the play-offs.

In December 1991 he moved back to Exeter City on a free transfer, having played 116 league games and scored 26 league goals for the Gulls. He stayed only a few months at Exeter before another short spell at Northampton Town to finish his league career. He played in Hong Kong and played a couple games for Stafford Rangers the following season. He later returned to Devon to play for Barnstaple Town. In the autumn of 1996 he became player-manager of Bideford in the Western League, but resigned on the 30th of July 1998 out of dispair at the lack of commitment to pre-season training amongst his squad. Shortly prior to his resignation he had become the licensee of a pub close to Plainmoor in Torquay, but in August 2000, the Torquay based Herald Express reported that he was running a social club in his native Wolverhampton.

In January 2004, Edwards was appointed as player-manager of non-league side Pelsall Villa, but was unable to prevent the club's relegation and left at the end of the season.

In March 2006 he became assistant manager, under former Wolves teammate Mel Eves, at Willenhall Town^[1] and in September 2006, at the age of 44, was still registered as a player for Willenhall.^[2]